Four tapped for first-ever awards
(PNAN-UT) – One of the largest companies in India, the Mahindra Group, which is known throughout the world for its commitment to excellence and to social responsibility, and one…
Art-in-Performance
Teachers are on DPO’s ‘honor roll’
(NWPR-OH) – “We are out in the community all season long and we see, first-hand, the hard work of area educators serving our youth. We know, intimately, the immense…
Play is ‘hot’ with content
(NWPR-IN) – Winner of four Tony’s in 1996 and a Pulitzer Prize for drama, the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre opens with “Rent” on Saturday, February 26 at the Arts…
Series opener is a ‘sweet’ experience
(NWPR-OH) – The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will present the first concert in the 2011 edition of the Graeter’s Symphony Sundaes Series with a performance on Sunday, February 20 at…
Symphony skies to shine with stars
(AAPNW-TN) – When the Nashville Symphony returns to Schermerhorn Symphony Center this fall, it will be the start of a world-class gala of art in performance; a season that…
Genres to unite in performance
(PNAN-VA) – On Thursday, February 17 from 5:30-7:30 pm, Art After 5 at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News features Sol Libre, a modern guitar duo made…
Kamin to bring his magic on stage
(NWPR-OH) – Noted for developing the physical comedy sequences for the movies, “Chaplin” and “Benny and Joon,” on Sunday, February 13 at 3:00 pm, Dan Kamin will bring to…
Emotions to be retold with music
(NWPR-OH) – On Saturday, February 12 at 7:30 pm the Lima Symphony Orchestra will perform works of Tchaikovsky and Profofiev at the Veterans’ Memorial Civic Center as well as…
New Yorker given a Sloan ‘kick’
(PNAN-NY) – “We are delighted to join Film Independent in supporting Valley of Saints with a post-production grant through their distinguished Producer’s Lab,” said Doron Weber at the Alfred…
Film grants honors trio ‘green spirit’
(PNAN-CALIF) – “This is the 18th year we have given out these grant awards, and they have now helped 47 emerging artists share their work with a larger audience,…
‘Hills’ to come alive with sounds of Africa
(AAPNW-TN) – With a so-far four decade history and noted for melding South African harmonies and rhythms with the sound and soul of gospel music, the Ladysmith Black Mambazo…
Goers will want ‘overtimes’
(NWPR-IN) – Since 2007, Winnipeg/Montreal-based vocal quintet, Chic Gamine has been entertaining its audiences with their voices as instruments, effortlessly launching into intricate string arrangements, bass-heavy rhythm sections and…
Best to give music recital
(NWPR-IN) – On Wednesday, January 26 at 7:30 pm, Arts Place will hold a MusicWorks Honors Recital in Hall-Moser Theatre at the Portland Center, Indiana center, located at 131 East…
Performing ‘jewels’ on marquee
NWPR-OH – He has been performing since the early 1970s and during the 1980s, was on the concert circuit of folk and dulcimer festivals. Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker and…
Librarian ‘flick’ nabs top rung
    (NWPR-IN) – To the point, “Discom-BOOB-ulated†is a play about a young woman and breast cancer and how she copes with the series of medical treatments and those onslaught…
City to ring with treasured sounds
(NWPR-OH) – On Thursday, January 20 at 6:30 pm in the NCR Renaissance Auditorium of the Dayton Art Institute, the Principal String Quartet with violins of Jessica Hung and…
Ishii films to debut in Bay Area
(PNAN-CA) – Coming to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, recent films by Yuya Ishii, one of Japan’s upcoming filmmakers, includes the US premiere of…
Magnolia arts leader ‘sings’ a salute
Mississippi’s artistic heritage has grown strong and vibrant from the culturally rich soil of our great state. The music genres of the blues, bluegrass, gospel, country and rock and…
‘Chartbusters’ to take on the Matrix
(AAPNW-MI) – For a one-night-only performance at the Matrix-Midland Center for the Arts, on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm, Naturally 7 “…is poised to take a cappella…
Duet to bring stunning style to stage
(NWPR-IN) – Robert Hurwitt of the San Francisco Examiner said, “Scheherazade Stone is a superb musician and a stunning singer with a magnetic stage presence.” And Ron Forbes-Roberts of…
Soloist to ‘toot’ the greats
(NWPR-OH) – Works of three very different composers, each a visionary exhibiting Romantic Era influences but refracted through their distinct personalities, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra continues with its classical…
Gittleman offers food, drink, music
(NWPR-OH) – Maestro Neal Gittleman has chosen“Viva Italia!” as the festive Italian theme to continue the tradition on Friday, December 31 at 8:00 pm in the Schuster Center when the Dayton…
Guitars to fill theatre’s airways
(NWPR-IN) – As part of the Art Place’s 2010-11 performance series, “Aural Alchemy,” on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 7:30 pm, they will present “International Guitar Night” (IGN) in…
The ‘Eagles’ will land in Lima
(NWPR-OH) – With a completely new musical format, the Lima Symphony Orchestra joins Canada’s Jean ‘n Classics band on Friday, December 31, ringing in the 2011 with the music…
Young’uns to perform
(NWPR-IN) – Under the ‘wand’ of Margaret Hammond, the ivories will speak on Tuesday, December 21 at 4:00 pm as Piano students present their semester-end recital at Southside Elementary…
Symphony vying for ‘green refreshments’
(AAPNW-TN) – The Nashville Symphony is currently the forerunner to receive a $250,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project. Finalists are selected based on voting results during December. To…
Popular holiday program on lunch menu
(NWPR-OH) – On Friday, December 17, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Carillon Brass members Charles Pagnard, DPO Principal Trumpet; Alan Siebert, DPO Second Trumpet; Sean Vore, DPO Assistant Principal Horn; Tim…
Holiday spirit to come live to stage
(NWPR-IN) – Presented by the Huntington University Theatre Company and Huntington University music department, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, “Blue Christmas”, “Deck the Halls” and other popular Christmas tunes,…
Bells of St. Mary’s to toll the coming
(NWPR-IN) – On Sunday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, the St. Mary’s Catholic Church bells will be proclaiming one of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) most famous works, “Messiah.” Presented…
‘Native Son’ to make ivories sing
(NWPR-OH) – Somewhat a different version of a saying could be, “A family that stays together, plays together,” and in this case, Jai Jeffryes, who is a pianist, another…
Winter Concert is a Picasso for the ears
NWPR-OH – Not only will the airways in the Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church be filled with music by Corelli and Mozart, masters of the Baroque and Classical periods, as…
Theatre troupe to tour schools
(NWPR-IN) – They refer to themselves as “The Troupe at Huntington University” is comprised of 11 students in the theater department and a few other departments. Their goal is…
‘Understudy’ becomes Symphony’s star
(AAPNW-TN) – The curtains will rise as scheduled at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena, with American country singer Jo Dee Messina, replacing Jewel, who is ill and cannot go on…
Classical rockers to give legends life
(NWPR-OH) –Old and new Beatles fans now can experience a live show on Saturday, November 20 in the comfort of a Schuster Center concert hall, as the Dayton Philharmonic…
Music, art and spoken word form a unity
(PNAN-VA) – “PFAC is the perfect venue to combine great art, fresh music, interesting people, and strong poetic voices, “ said Toni Wynn, who is an author, art educator…
Big Band venue to be a toe-tapper
(NWPR-IN) – Former First Lady Barbara Bush said, “You just don’t luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether…
Hayner Center is the place to be mesmerized
(NWPR-OH) – Showtime begins at 7:30 pm on Saturday, November 13, and who: Neil Jacobs, a master of the acoustic 12-string guitar, offers the audience a range of mesmerizing…
Show to pop with performing jewels
(AAPNW-TN) – Your ears, eyes, including your soul are in for an awakening as Jewel and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra take center stage in the Allen Arena at Lipscomb…
Symphony goes Broadway
(NWPR-OH) – Broadway vocalists, Rob Evan, Capathia Jenkins, Doug LeBrecque, and Anne Runolfsson will join the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, November 12 and Saturday 13th at 8:00 pm,…
Symphony to party with educational ‘antiques’
(NWPR-OH) – A whole lot of sounds will hit the airways in the Crouse Performance Hall in the Veteran’s Memorial Civic and Convention Center on Saturday, November 6 at…
Youth caught between two worlds
(PNAN-CA) – Director Eyad Zahra explores the complexities of being young and Muslim in today’s America. Chosen as an official selection by the 2010 SXSW Film & Music Festival…
Bay area to be first mesmerized again
(PNAN-CA) – Recognized as one of the leading presenters in the world, the San Francisco Performances joins the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the Novellus Theater for…
Duo hees and haws for God
(NWPR-IN) – Do you like the taste of chocolate and vanilla? How about the tasteful comedy act from the Dave & Dwayne Ministries? The duo strives to spread the…
All in the family to perform
(NWPR-IN) – They are Juilliard-trained musicians as well as award-winning songwriters with a musical foundation in classical, pop and jazz; in fact, they are all in the same family…
Legends to pay forward with endless love
(PNAN-NM) – “Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms,” was said by Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880) who went by the pen name of…
Stage to rock and roll
(NWPR-IN) – Coming to the Hall-Mosier Theatre in the Arts Place Portland Center on Saturday, November 13 at 7:30 pm, Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem will bring as the…
Community ‘Messiahs’ sought for choir
(NWPR-IN) – On Sunday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, the St. Mary’s Catholic Church bells will be proclaiming one of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) most famous works, “Messiah.” Presented…
Symphony to haunt goers’ ears and eyes
(NWPR-OH) – On Saturday, October 30 at 3:00 pm in the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, the area’s largest musical Halloween celebration, “PhilharMonster” returns as the Dayton…
‘Sultan’ to toot soulful jazz sounds
(PNAN-NY) – Classically trained musician, Gus Mancini, who is also a master of improvisational Jazz and known as “The Sultan of Sonic Soul,” will perform at the Arts Society…
Innovating sublimes unite musical visions
(PNAN-CA) – When artistic director and violinist David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet first heard Black Angels on the radio, he thought it was “something wild, something scary” and…